Device for holding stockings to forms.



H. COULSTON.

DEViCE 0H HOLDING STOCKINGS TO FORMS.

APPUCATION FILE) OCT. 25 1915.

Patented July 4, 1916.

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CEVICE FOR HOLDNG STOCKINGS TO FORMS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25 1919.

1,1 90, 1 19. lmvnted July 4, 1916.

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DEVlCE FOR HOLDING STOCKINGS T0 FORMS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, 915.

1 1 90, 1 1 9 Patented July 4, 1916.

H. COULSTON.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING STOCKINGS I0 FORMS.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 25. 1915.

1 ,1 90. 1 1 9. Patented July 1, 1916.

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HARRY COULSTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE PHILA- DELPHQIA TEXTILE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PEENSYLVANIA, A

CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING STOCKINGS TO FORMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

Application filed October 25. 1915. Serial No. 57,878.

T "all-whom it mayconcemt Be it known that- I, HARRY Counsroma citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented 5 certain Improvements in Devices for Holding; Stockings to Forms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in stocking; drying machines and particularly to that portion pertaining to the holding: of the stocking on the form during the drying process.

While the invention is particularly adapted forholding stockings on the stocking forms of drying machines,- it may be used in connection-withany machine or device of which the stocking form is a. part.

. One-object ofmyinventionis to so constructithe means for-holding a stocking to a stocking; form that it will retain the stockingin the properposition' on the fornf so that, whenthe stocking. is removed from the forrmgtheopen end of the-stocking will be even. and notzdrawn out of shape. The mechanism can be actuated either by hand or automatically so as to release the stocking to allow for its withdrawal.

A furthenobject of the invention is to provide a retainer having a broad bearing surface, which will permit-the free escape of moisture and which will accommodate itself to the stocking.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure.

1, is an end view of suiiicient of a stocking drying machine to illustrate my invention mgnpplied thereto; Fig. 2, is a plan viewot are drying machine, showing two of the forms, one in a vertical position and the other in a horizontal position; Fig. 3, is a sectional viewon-the linea-a, Fig. Fig. 4, is a detached perspective view of one end of the drying machine frame, showing the knee operating m'echanismior closing the clamps; Fig. 5, is a side view of a. stocking form carrier and illustrating one of the clamps; Fig. 6, is an end view of a stocking form carrier showing the clamps in the closed position; Fig. 7, is an end view of the stocking form carrier showing the clamps in the open position; Fig. 8, is a sectional view on the line 12-41, Fig. 5; Fig. 9, is a sectional view, showing the method of pivotally connecting the. perforated clamp to the arms; F ig. 10, is a detached perspective view of the bearing for the arms; Fig. 11, is a perspective view of the slide for actuatingthe arms; Fig. 12', is a side view of the spring for holding the clamp plates in the open or closed position; and Fig. 13, is a view of a modification illustrating a hand operated clamp.

Referring in the first instance 2 and 3 of the drawings, 1 is the table of a stocking drying machine. 2 is the drying chamber which is heated in any suitable manner. machine are fully set forth and claimed in Patent No. 1,126,619, dated January 26th, 1915. 1 have shown sullicient of the machine to clearly illustrate my improved clamp.

3, 3 are the shafts on which are cams t which traverse the carriers 5 through guides 6 on the table 1. On the carriers are lugs, or other projections, j, with which the cams engage, as clearly shown in Fig.3. The guides (3 are spaced apart to form slots 8 and the longitudinal slot-s are'connected by transverse slots so that each carrier travels in a longitudinal path and a portion of this path is under the drying chamber, and the forms, with the stockings thereon, travel to Figs. 1,

The details of construction ofthis through the drying chamber. This is clearly I set "forth and described in the above men tioncd patent.

Mounted on the carriers are the stocking forms 9 and these forms are traversed a greater portion of the Way iii the vertical position, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The forms enter the drier at the end m, Fig. 2, and leave the drier at the end :0, and during this time the rollers 10 ride upon rails 11. These rollers are mounted on arms 12 which are. pivotally mounted in the carriers 5 and have a head 13 in which is. mounted the spindle 14 of the form 9, so that after the forms leave the drying chamber at w the rail 11 is discontinued and the forms are i This mechanism is also jvith a fail.

set forlh and described in the above Inenr oned patent. x

()n the spindle is a clzunping head lltS-to which the form 9 is rigidly secured. 11' pass through clump plates 18 and through th head nndholdthe form 9 rigidly to the head. "l'lntown; in the present instance,

flat. and is preferal'ily made of met-ah-heing shaped to conform to the shape of the fin shed stockii 19 are pc meted chimp plates-which are located on each side of the {own-9. The

chimp plates, in the presentinstance, are quadrangular inshape and are made-of perfornted metal to allow the moisture-t0 escape from theportion of the stocking under the plates and, in order to protect the stock-- I ing, 1. preferably inelose the hearing surface or' wire coveringlQ, which isheld in place by 2 drawing string 21. as

,shown.izlearly in Fig. but this covering nn he .zttnched by other methods and the perforated plate may he made of. other may tcrisl than. that shown, which would dis. pense with. the covering. The. plutesaire attached to arms 22 by :r-series of rivets 23 and, in. orderto allow the clamping plates to conform to the stocking,- the plates are allowed to roe-k on the arms 22; the oint at the rivet being formed as clearlyrshoi-vn in Fig. 9. v a smndle2 tandthe tivo spindles arev adapt edto bearings slmped as olczirlyishown i open i'position, Fi

in'Fig. ll). Thi hem-in; is secured to the head 16 by screws 26, or other In. nifty be {Kn-med, in some. insta'inv as an integral part ofthe 'hcz d. The liezirin prefe i'oly nmdc in two pzrrts H-Htl-t': se parts are c 'mrhl'cd ns clearlyshoirn in h.

I I 10. so as to form a slid ew-ay for the slide 2-7. which shaped, as shown in Fig, 11., and v this slide has 5-. certain amount 01- ertieal movement and has. extensions 28 which, when moved to the farthestcxtent upward, passthe pivots 24 of the arms 2 and hen r upo ---tnt 5 e arms, moving them from the y 7, to the closed position,

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A spring 29, shaped as clearly shown in Fig. 12-, is seen-rad to the head 1.6 at 30 and has a socket '29 at the upper end to accorn-' modzite the lug 31km the slide 50 that, when the slide is raised, the lug forces its \vzty th rough the space between thmnarrowpor tion of the spring and nters the sockets n d when it down it passes the riar row portion and; is outside of the socket. This is ch'riirly sho n in the'diagram. Fig. 12, by dotted lines. and. conscqucntlyshhe"chimps are hold both in the chased and in the open pos The lotion of the chim as liollo\vs:-- 'lhc open for plan the stocking on the ozn when the f om is at the position op posiic 3 Fig. 2. end the himp lates are in the open-"posh-zn, as .r- Fig. 7, and when Screws the horizontal] position, in the present instance, and asthe forms leave the drymg Each arm. is loosely mountcd 0n jects a suflicicnt di LIQII.

the stocking is smoothed clown on the form by the operator and when the form is oppo- Site the knee lever 32- the operator presses the knee lever and closes the clamp plat s kind thcsc plates lirmly holi'l the open end of the'stocking in position until released. Theform then travels through the drying chumlier and out at the opposite end thereof and the cams lm'ver lI-liC stmrking form to ehzunhcr the are opened by the projection Fl coming iii contact vith the inclined plate 57 so thatwhcn the stocking is removed the chu'nps a re in: the open position as clearly shown in Fig.1, and they remain in'the. pen position until another stocking is placed on the form. The form.- as the carrier travels. is turned to the vertical posiand the operation is repeated.

In, Fig. 'l 'l lm've. illnstrnted a clamp 19 made of ire and pivotedsiinilar to the head, as illustrated in the main figures of tion again so as to rccciveanother stocking the drawings. and the slide 1-7 has a socket 38 to receive onenrm of the lever: 39 pivoted.

.to the head 1 ht 40', .T he other arm of the lever projects a suflicicnt distance to he pre ed hy. hand so that. when theflever is rn'esscd down, the clamps are closed against the stocking on. the form and whcn'the arm n i the lever is raised theslide is withdrawn nd thee-lamps fall to the open position.

stockings are placed on the. forms by h'und mid are renioi'ed from the forms by handf 2-2 is gidmcejlerer pivoted at 33 to a hen-rin; Q-m the fra'r'nc. which is located directly under the path 'ol'i-t'ric rod \vhichis se- (:iircd tothe slide Ziinnd. when the clnn'ip plateszire'ili the open position this red pro-v nec-so that when the kncelovcr 3:2 is'pr' "ml by the knee it-willf raise the portion 3.. and will force therod 35 upward und i th it the slide and will his (:onsructi'onenn he used where the no close. the chimp'phiiles against the stocking oh the town. Slrqnld the. carrier pass this knee plate thc' irojcction illon the table "will force the. rod nnwardas it passes the corner as clearly 5}}(26'11 in Fig. 3. The oh cct of luring: the'kncc lever is to allow and miton'mtic mechanism for actuating ththe o icrator to actuate the cln mp plates in operating means as the carriers move in a predetermined path.

3. The combination of a carrier; means for actuating the carrier in a predetermined path; a stocking form mounted on the carrier; clamps for holding the lower portion of the stocking to the form; a slide arranged to actuate the clamps; a rod projecting from the slide; and means for moving the rod so as to close the clamps on the stocking.

4. The combination of a carrier arranged to travel in a predetermined path; a stocking form mounted on the carrier; clamps for holding the open end of the stocking to the form; a slide; means for actuating the slide to close the clamps on the stocking; and means for automatically releasing theslide prior to the removal of the stocking from the form.

5. The combination of a carrier; means for moving the carrier in a predetermined path; a stocking form mounted on the carrier; two pivoted clamping arms, one located on one side of the form and the other located on the opposite side; a vertically movable slide arranged to force the clamping arms into the closed position; a rod attached to the slide; means for raising the rod to cause the slide to move the arms into the closed position; a projection on the slide; and means connected to the projection to i 'thdraw the slide and to release the arms.

6. The combination of a carrier; a head mounted thereon; a stocking form mounted on the head; two clamping arms pivoted to the head one being located at one side of the form and the other being located at the opposite side thereof; a clamp plate secured to each arm and arranged to bear against the stocking and to hold it in position.

7. The combination of a carrier; a head mounted thereon; a stocking form mounted on the head; two clamping arms pivoted to the head, one being located at one side of the form and the other being located at the 0pposite side thereof; and a clamp plate secured to ea h arm and arranged to bear against the stocking and to hold itin position, each of said plates being perforated.

8. The combination of a carrier; a head mounted thereon; a stocking form mounted on the head; two clamping arms pivoted to the head. one being located at one side of the form and the other being located at the opposite side thereof; a clamp plate secured to +a -h arm and arranged to bear against the stocking and to hold. it in position each of said plates being perforated; and a protect ing fabric cover detachablysecured to the said plates. i

9. The combinatimi of a carrier having a head; a stocking form secured to the head; arms pivoted to the head at each side of the, form; clamping plates loosely pivoted to the arms so that they will accommodate themselves to the stocking when clamped thereto; and means for actuating the arms.

10. The combination of a carrier; a head mounted thereon; a stocking form secured to the head; a clamping arm pivoted to the head on each side of the form; clamp plates attached to the arms and arranged to clamp the stockings to the forms; a. vertically movable slide; a rod extending from the slide so that the slide can be closed by moving the rod vertically in one direction; a projection on the slide arranged to be engaged by the means for withdrawing the slide to allow the clamping plates to open; a spring having a narrow neck, said spring being attached to the head; and a lug on the slide arranged to be held by the spring so as to retain the .clamp plates in the closed and open position.

HARRY COULSTON. 

